Author and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62.
He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital.
The publication of his 2007 book ‘God Is Not Great’ made him a major celebrity in his adopted homeland of the United States, and he happily took on the role of the country's best-known atheist.
He called Bill Clinton "a cynical, self-seeking ambitious thug", Henry Kissinger a war criminal and Mother Teresa a fraudulent fanatic.
"I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient."
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